The mother of Boynton Beach slain soldier Michael Metcalf will travel to Port St. Lucie this Sunday for the Gold Star Families Memorial Monument event. She hopes other mothers and families will join her.

The event begins at 3 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Park at 2100 Southeast Veterans Memorial Parkway. A monument will be unveiled and will be dedicated to the local families who have lost a loved one in the military.

“It’s a very honorable day,” said Kim Metcalf, Michael Metcalf’s mother. “They worked very hard on this to dedicate it to us.”